Hitachi HDS722512VLAT20 Product Brief - Page 1

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Product Summary Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 Ultra ATA/100 Hard disk drive Models: HDS722540VLAT20 HDS722580VLAT20 HDS722512VLAT20 HDS722512VLAT80 HDS722516VLAT20 HDS722516VLAT80 HDS722525VLAT80 Introduction The Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 is ideal for high performance desktop users. These drives feature capacities from 40 GB to 250 GB, a rotational speed of 7200 RPM, and average seek times of 8.2 and 8.5 ms. The Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 combines new and proven technologies to greatly enhance system performance and capacity. Applications • Advanced desktop and audio/video • Low-cost routers • Switches • Video editing Features • Formatted capacities of 40, 80, 120, 160 and 250 GB • Rotational speed 7200 RPM • Ultra ATA/100 interface • Self Diagnostics on Power On and resident diagnostics • Operating shock-No data loss occurs with a 55 G half-sine shock pulse of 2 ms duration • Idle power consumption of • 5.0 W(40GB & 80GB), 5.9W (120GB &160GB), 7.0 W(250GB) • Circuits and motors optimized to save power and reduce system temperature • 2048 KB data buffer (8192 KB an option for some models) (upper 260 KB for firmware) • Media-to-buffer transfer rates: 757 Mb/s • Typical seek time(read): 120-250GB - 8.2ms, 40-80GB - 8.5ms • Average latency: 4.17 ms • Complies with ATA 7 specification • Fluid Dynamic Bearing and tri-laminate top cover Advantages • Supports higher quality digital audio/video storage, superior digital content creation capabilities, and significantly faster processing • Optimizes system performance • Protection for drive mishandling • Increased reliability • Lower system power supply and cooling requirements • Extending system life and reliability • Fast access to data • Improved throughput • Lower acoustics Page 1 version 1.0